The objective of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is to prepare selected students to serve as officers in the Army Reserve, Army National Guard, and Active Army.

The general requirements for enrollment in ROTC are:

1.  Be a citizen of the United States,
2.  Physically and mentally qualified,
3.  Accepted by the university as a full-time student,
4.  Morally qualified,
5.  For non-ROTC scholarship students, complete graduation requirements prior to reaching age 28, and
6.  For ROTC scholarship students, complete graduation requirements prior to reaching age 25.

There are two options available to students who transfer from institutions without ROTC programs:

        Option 1:  Students will attend the ROTC Leaders Training Course (LTC) at Fort Knox, Kentucky.  (In order to attend LTC, students need the permission of the Professor of Military Science at the school they will attend.)  After LTC, students enroll in the ROTC Advanced Course as Military Science (MS) III's and take the MS III courses for two semesters.  The following summer, students attend National Advanced Leadership Camp (NALC).  The next school year, they enroll as MS IV's for two semesters and receive a commission as a Second Lieutenant upon graduation.

        Option 2:  Students who have completed basic training with any military service of the United States, or have attended one of the United States Service Academies for at least one year, will receive credit for the ROTC Basic Course and will not have to attend Basic Camp.  These students will begin ROTC as MS III's.  They will attend NALC the following year, enroll as MS IVs and be commissioned upon graduation.  Students who have had four years of ROTC in high school can, at the discretion of the Professor of Military Science, be given placement credit for the basic course and will enter as MS III's without attending LTC.

Students who attend institutions that do not have ROTC are eligible to apply for the ROTC two-year scholarships before attending LTC.  The scholarship will pay Fall & Spring Semester tuition, selected fees, and books (not to exceed $300 per semester).  All students enrolled in the ROTC Advanced Courses receive a monthly subsistence allowance of at least $300 during the school year.  While students are at camp, they receive approximately $740 in pay and allowance.

In order to receive commissions, students must complete required ROTC courses, meet the army height/weight requirements, and pass the Army Physical Fitness Test.  In addition, all students are required to complete courses in the following subject areas.  (The course shown on the right is the Pellissippi State Technical Community College course, which satisfies this requirement:)

Subject Area                        Pellissippi State Course

Written Communications         ENGL 1010 and 1020
Military History                       No corresponding course is offered at PSTCC
Computer Applications           Any computer science and information technology course or OST 1211